2 years, 8 months ago
What is the significance of a capstone on top of a pyramid?
Was the capstone solid gold?
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Well there are several myths regarding the capstones. No one has a definite answer.
No one is even sure that were they made without a capstone or were they stolen. But, if there were capstones. They were surely of solid gold.
I have found a very interesting link that propose a very good reason that pyramids were made without a capstone.
"On the back of a dollar bill, you can see a pyramid with a flat top. No one has been able to explain why the Great Pyramid would have been built without a capstone. This is an interesting story associated with a visit to the top of the great pyramid. Many tourists have climbed to the top, which is not an easy journey. One such person was Sir Siemen's, a British inventor. He climbed to the top with his Arab guides. One of his guides called attention to the fact that when he raised his hand with outspread fingers, he would hear an acute ringing noise. Siemen raised his index finger and felt a distinct prickling sensation. He also received an electric shock when he tried to drink from a bottle of wine that he had brought with him. Being a scientist, Siemen than moistened a newspaper and wrapped it around the wine bottle to convert it into a Leyden jar (an early form of a capacitor). When he held it above his head, it became charged with electricity. Sparks then were emitted from the bottle. One of the Arab guides got frightened and thought Siemen was up to some witchcraft and attempted to seize Siemen's companion. When Siemen's noticed this, he pointed the bottle towards the Arab and gave him such a shock that it knocked the Arab to the ground almost rendering him unconscious. When he recovered, he took off down the pyramid shouting loudly. What kind of natural phenomena on the top of the Great Pyramid could produce such an electo-static effect? It would be interesting to conduct additional physics experiments on the top of the Great Pyramid"
No one is even sure that were they made without a capstone or were they stolen. But, if there were capstones. They were surely of solid gold.
I have found a very interesting link that propose a very good reason that pyramids were made without a capstone.
"On the back of a dollar bill, you can see a pyramid with a flat top. No one has been able to explain why the Great Pyramid would have been built without a capstone. This is an interesting story associated with a visit to the top of the great pyramid. Many tourists have climbed to the top, which is not an easy journey. One such person was Sir Siemen's, a British inventor. He climbed to the top with his Arab guides. One of his guides called attention to the fact that when he raised his hand with outspread fingers, he would hear an acute ringing noise. Siemen raised his index finger and felt a distinct prickling sensation. He also received an electric shock when he tried to drink from a bottle of wine that he had brought with him. Being a scientist, Siemen than moistened a newspaper and wrapped it around the wine bottle to convert it into a Leyden jar (an early form of a capacitor). When he held it above his head, it became charged with electricity. Sparks then were emitted from the bottle. One of the Arab guides got frightened and thought Siemen was up to some witchcraft and attempted to seize Siemen's companion. When Siemen's noticed this, he pointed the bottle towards the Arab and gave him such a shock that it knocked the Arab to the ground almost rendering him unconscious. When he recovered, he took off down the pyramid shouting loudly. What kind of natural phenomena on the top of the Great Pyramid could produce such an electo-static effect? It would be interesting to conduct additional physics experiments on the top of the Great Pyramid"
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I have doubts about mystical power emanating from pyramids. Most of these myths are hearsay. Pyramids don't preserve food. Pyramids are not space ships. Pyramids are astronomical markers.
Two books help decode the capstone, "The Orion Mystery" and "The Egypt Code"
1. BenBen was a meteorite placed on top of a obelisk in the Temple of the Phoenix, from the fire of meteorite emerge the iron conical shape, rebirth from the ashes. BenBen symbolized rebirth of the Phoenix.
2. The Capstone on the pyramid probably symbolize the rebirth of the Pharaoh as he journeyed back to the stars.
3. The Capstone on the dollar bill could symbolize the rebirth of a new nation under God.
4. The eye = rebirth. The eye of Horus may represent the Sirius cycle (death and rebirth of the Pharaoh), the business cycle of inflation and deflation, the revolutionary transformation and socialistic decay, etc.
5. A more pure interpretation suggests the eye represents the "All piercing glaze" of God and pyramid is one nation under God, indivisible.